Boardriders | Leading Action Sports And Lifestyle Company (2024)

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Are Roxy and Billabong the same company? ›

Boardriders, Inc. currently owns these brands: Quiksilver, Roxy, DC Shoes, Billabong, Element, Von Zipper, RVCA, and XCEL. In April 2023, Authentic Brands Group made a binding offer to acquire Boardriders, Inc. for US$1.25 billion.

Huntington Beach, California – January 4, 2018 – Boardriders Inc., a global action sports and lifestyle company that owns and operates the Quiksilver, Roxy, and DC Shoes brands, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the shares of Billabong International Ltd.

The Company's apparel and footwear brands, represent a casual lifestyle for young‐minded people who are inspired by a passion for outdoor action sports. The Company's Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, DC Shoes, RVCA, Element, VonZipper, Kustom and Palmers brands have authentic roots and heritage in surf, snow and skate.

Is Boardriders a private or public company? Boardriders is a Private company.

“Authentic Brands Group is pleased to confirm the completion of its purchase of world-renowned super brands Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, DC Shoes, Element, VonZipper, Honolua, and Boardriders,” Authentic said in a statement.

Deal includes nine outdoor brands. Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) has confirmed the completion of its purchase of brands, including Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, DC Shoes, Element, VonZipper, Honolua and Boardriders. Each brand comes with a recognized presence in the action sports and lifestyle industries.

Authentic Brands Group has closed on its acquisition of lifestyle and beachwear group Boardriders in a deal that was reportedly in excess of 1.25 billion dollars.

Dave Tanner, new Boardriders CEO.

Boardriders does not report financials, so the last report we have of company revenue was a Moody's report, which stated Boardriders' revenue totaled $1.7 billion for the 12 months ended Jan. 31, 2022.

Huntington Beach, California – February 6, 2018 – In the wake of the loss of CEO Pierre Agnes this past week, Boardriders, Inc. is announcing the following leadership appointments: Dave Tanner, current Chief Turnaround Officer, will assume the role and responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

Where is Boardriders based? ›

Our global headquarters is located in sunny Southern California where there is much to be offered: Surf is just a 15 minute drive from the office and the mountains are under a three-hour drive.

History. RVCA was founded in 1999 by Pat Tenore and Conan Hayes, a professional surfer from Hawaii. Billabong purchased RVCA in July 2010, and then Boardriders acquired Billabong in 2018, taking ownership of RVCA, Element, Von Zipper, and XCEL.

Roxy is a fashion label founded in 1989, part of Quicksilver, Inc. The group Quicksilver is the world leading outdoor sport clothing and lifestyle company. Quicksilver designes, manufactures and distributes sportswear, wintersport gear, beachwear, footwear, eyeswear and accessories.

Authentic Brands Group acquired Roxy on Nov 10th '23.

Authentic acquired Roxy as part of its takeover of lifestyle group Boardriders earlier this year, snapping up the water sports brand alongside an array of similar labels.

Over time, even the name gained independence from its origin brand, with the Quiksilver part becoming smaller and smaller until the brand was simply known, as it is today, as ROXY.

and all of its brands — Billabong, Quiksilver, RVCA, Roxy, DC, Element, and Honolua — were sold to Authentic Brands Group (ABG) for 1.3 billion dollars… that's billion with a 'B'. We've been following this sale closely for the past several months, but September 1, 2023, marks the official change in ownership.